Pastor DeBiase claims that I pretended to “have just recently come across” the Westboro Baptist Church and it’s message of hate and intolerance. In checking various Christian Web sites I came across this church, from various groups and churches, I have cited before, on my computer. I apologize to DeBiase if I didn’t explain my process to his satisfaction.

DeBiase uses the example of the Greek historian Polybius, who he claims “attributed the increase in homosexual activity to the ultimate collapse of the Roman Empire.” According to Answers.com, Polybius lived from 203-118 B.C. Evidently DeBiase believes that Polybius was a great prophet as he made these observations concerning the influence of homosexual activity 600 years before the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West.

DeBiase also refers to writer J.D. Unwin’s book “Sex and Culture” in which the author “found that societies that practice absolute monogamy in which sex is restricted to lifelong heterosexual marriage, tend to grow and prosper; societies that depart from absolute monogamy invariably decline.” Seeing that this Christian country has a 50 percent divorce rate I would think that DeBiase would be giving his valuable advice to those members of the heterosexual lifestyle who depart from Unwin’s vision of traditional marriage.

DeBiase also states “Christians who love America, and, yes, homosexuals, have have no choice but to stand up against the homosexual agenda.” With friends who love you like that…who needs enemies?

Hypocrites like the Rev. Ted Haggard, head of the Evangelical Association of America, who had sex multiple times with a homosexual man while using methamphetamines, was one of the loudest Christian voices to preach against the evils of homosexuality. So I don’t attribute much moral truth to self-righteous bigots who parade under the title of Reverend and use the Bible as an excuse for their own intolerance.

I will repeat the end of my letter.

Jesus said; “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.” I am sure that DeBiase doesn’t feel that he is superior to homosexuals in terms of religion, faith and sin. Or does he?